Additional charge for man accused of stabbing runner

Tuesday

Oct 18, 2016 at 12:51 PMOct 18, 2016 at 5:02 PM

Amanda Thames AmandaThames

Updated at 4:48 p.m.

The charges for a man accused of attacking a woman running in a neighborhood have been upgraded.

Antonio Smillie Robertson, 19, of Folkstone Road in Sneads Ferry was originally arrested Oct. 1 and charged with misdemeanor assault with a deadly weapon, then given a bond of $500, according to Maj. Chris Thomas.

He was arrested after allegedly stabbing a 25-year-old woman in the back with a folding knife as she was jogging near Jim Grant Avenue in Sneads Ferry, Thomas said.

“He ran up behind her and she thought he hit her in the back,” Thomas said, adding that when she ran down the road she realized she’d been cut with a knife.

The two did not know each other, he added.

The woman was treated and released, Thomas said, and Robertson was committed involuntarily. Thomas said the report does not specify where he was committed but being committed is typically for mental illness reasons. Robertson was not physically injured.

While Robertson was in treatment, the incident was investigated further and Robertson had an additional charge added Monday: assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, according to Thomas.

The original charge is still attached, Thomas said, and it will be up to the district attorney’s office to combine, keep or drop the charges.

Bond was set at $25,000 and Robertson is currently out of custody, Thomas said.

At his first appearance Tuesday, Robertson was assigned attorney Trevor Avery. His next court date is scheduled for Nov. 8.

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The charges for a man accused of attacking a jogger have been upgraded.

Antonio Smillie Robertson, 19, of Folkstone Road in Sneads Ferry was originally arrested Oct. 1 and charged with misdemeanor assault with a deadly weapon, then given a bond of $500, according to Maj. Chris Thomas.

He was arrested after allegedly stabbing a 25-year-old woman in the back with a folding knife as she was jogging near Jim Grant Avenue in Sneads Ferry, Thomas said.

“He ran up behind her and she thought he hit her in the back,” Thomas said, adding that when she ran down the road she realized she’d been cut with a knife.

The two did not know each other, he added.

The woman was treated and released, Thomas said, and Robertson was committed involuntarily.

Thomas said the report does not specify where he was committed but being committed is typically for mental reasons. Robertson was not physically injured.

While Robertson was in treatment, the incident was investigated further and Robertson had an additional charge added Monday: assault with a deadly weapon inflicting serious injury, according to Thomas.

The original charge is still attached, Thomas said, and it will be up to the district attorney’s office to combine, keep or drop the charges.

Bond was set at $25,000 and Robertson is currently out of custody, Thomas said.